linux-kernel - Re: [Y2038] [PATCH] Staging: media: lirc: Replace timeval with ktime

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Message-ID: <3768175.5Bdztn7jIp@wuerfel>
Date:	Fri, 22 May 2015 21:52:04 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org
Cc:	Ksenija Stanojevic <ksenija.stanojevic@...il.com>,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	mchehab@....samsung.com, jarod@...sonet.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH] Staging: media: lirc: Replace timeval with ktime_t

On Friday 22 May 2015 17:58:42 Ksenija Stanojevic wrote:
> 'struct timeval last_tv' is used to get the time of last signal change
> and 'struct timeval last_intr_tv' is used to get the time of last UART
> interrupt.
> 32-bit systems using 'struct timeval' will break in the year 2038, so we
> have to replace that code with more appropriate types.
> Here struct timeval is replaced with ktime_t.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ksenija Stanojevic <ksenija.stanojevic@...il.com>
> 

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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